St Mary's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Stirling, Scotland. It was built from 1904 to 1905 and designed by Peter Paul Pugin in the Gothic Revival style. It is located between Upper Bridge Street and Crofthead Road to the north of the city centre. It is a category B listed building.Scotland's Churches Trust, St Mary's Church, Stirling, 24 June 2022
History Foundation In 1835, a plot of land on Irving Place was bought for the construction of a Catholic church. In 1836, construction work began. In 1838, the first Catholic church in Stirling since the Reformation was opened. It was the Church of the Most Holy Trinity.Stirling Council, Gothic to Modernist: Two Stirling churches 1904-1970, Stirling Archives, retrieved 24 June 2022
Construction Towards the end of the 1800s, the church was becoming too small to accommodate the increasing Catholic population in Stirling. On 4 May 1904, the foundation stone of the current church, St Mary's Church, was laid by the Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, James Smith. Construction of the church was partially paid for by Lady Agnes Murray of Polmaise Castle.Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Polmaise Castle, retrieved 24 June 2022 The church was designed by Peter Paul Pugin in the Gothic Revival style.Historic Environment Scotland, St Mary's RC Church, LB41093, retrieved 24 June 2022 In 1905, the church was opened.Stirling Council, St Mary's Church, retrieved 24 June 2022
Parish St Mary's Church is in the same parish as Holy Spirit Church and St Margaret of Scotland Church in Stirling. St Mary's Church has two Sunday Masses at 5:30pm on Saturday and 10:15am on Sunday.
See also Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh
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